In Facebook post that recently went viral, an unsuspecting Bangladeshi national was given a Notice of Offence for plucking a few leaves from a syzygium myrtifolium– or Red Lip tree – that was presumed to be “nationally extinct”.

Instead, NParks says that the notice of offence isn’t actually the summon for the visitor’s offence. Instead, the notice states that the offender is to wait for a “composition notice”, which will confirm the amount that needs to be paid. Until the composition notice is issued, the composition amount – or amount fined – is undecided.

According to a statement by NParks, decision of the composition amount will depend on other factors, and the visitor is supposed to be contacted for investigation.

Instead of waiting however, the Bangladeshi jumped the gun, and went straight to settle his fine.

Apparently, if there was no fine amount was already set by an authority, AXS machines are programmed to automatically generate an amount based on the type of offence that was keyed in. Which is why a figure of $2,000 was decided.

This was a scare to the Bangladeshi and – quite frankly – to many Singaporeans as well.